Christian Bale Makes Grown Men Cry
First off, Christian Bale could punch orphans in the face and kick box a litter of kittens and I would still have weepy dreams about him, but dude is off the reservation a bit in the audio file linked here.
While filming scenes for Terminator Salvation, apparently it was amateur hour in the lighting department, because the gentleman who raised the ire of Christian had the temerity to wander on set while Bale was shooting a scene, which apparently is some kind of pet peeve of his.
Christian, who is known for having a bit of a "temper" shall we say, used the nuclear option on this guy and dropped every form of the F-bomb known in the English language. Towards the end, Bale was so worked up over this "unprofessional" lighting guy's transgressions, he not only demanded the guy get canned, but he threatens to kick the guy's ass. SO DAMN HOT!
To Christian's credit, he did say "You're a nice guy, but that won't f*ckin' cut it when you're bullsh*tting around on the set."
Look, I know everyone's going to use this as an excuse to wail on Bale (hehe, I rhymed), but I think he's a bit misunderstood. A guy like Bale takes his job seriously, he clearly gets into his role and into some kind of mental space where he can't easily slip in and out of reality. Also, some people can have outbursts like this and still be decent people. Yeah, I am talking about myself, so back off.
To put it another way, it'd be like sneaking up on da Vinci while he's putting the final touches on the Mona Lisa. You just don't do that sort of thing. And I am sure if you did, Leonardo would shove his paintbrush in your cerebellum.
Ok, maybe not, but still, you get my drift. In the meantime, Christian, if you are feeling stressed and bit overwhelmed, I will cheerfully make you a nice cup of Earl Grey (he's English and all) and rub your temples, or whatever.
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